Trying to change positions into something more reliable after finishing my second year as an ALT, I came across these positions. Looking at the job description, it seems similar to an ALT except for that you are required to take on the same duties as a regular teacher such as club activities, student guidance, and etc and that you must be able to speak Japanese and have experience. This seems a lot more fulfilling than being an ALT, and even though the salary is lower, being hired as a full time teacher seems like it would have more benefits.
The only problem for me is that I have only found two jobs like this, which are posted on the official sites of the board of education and I am unable to apply for both of them because I won’t have enough experience (2 years at high school and 3 years at middle school respectively).
[https://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/kodomokyoiku/school/kyoiku/1003764/1003767/1003793/1003888/1031890.html?fbclid=IwAR0TqhFyzmbF9API\_wuRTyjABExlaepx3LDUe7H40bIu5R9Z6FbZuzlZ5TY](https://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/kodomokyoiku/school/kyoiku/1003764/1003767/1003793/1003888/1031890.html?fbclid=IwAR0TqhFyzmbF9API_wuRTyjABExlaepx3LDUe7H40bIu5R9Z6FbZuzlZ5TY)
[https://www.pref.osaka.lg.jp/kyoshokuin/nativeteacher/index.html](https://www.pref.osaka.lg.jp/kyoshokuin/nativeteacher/index.html)
I haven’t seen any posts about this kind of job, so if anyone has any thoughts or has seen similar postings I would like to hear about it. This seems like a new thing, so maybe these kinds of positions will increase in the future. Also, any other keywords to find this type of job would be appreciated.
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So you have five years of experience teaching in grade schools? Seems like more than a lot of applicants. I would apply anyway, probably the most important factors are your Japanese abilities and personality.
Let me get this straight. They want you to do everything a licensed teacher does, but they won’t pay you the same as a licensed teacher, and they have no qualms giving such a job to someone who has no teaching qualifications or license?
I did kinda did this for one year. Not fully special license but provisional and other teachers in the school were special license. Really fulfilling but really busy. Immediate pay was lower but there was more job security and it did rise the longer you stayed. Your Japanese for the interview has to be top notch, not pass n1 top notch, actually use in educational situation top notch. There was more language wiggle room once you start but there is a high barrier of entry at first.
For me the teaching wasn’t really different than ALT though I have normally been running most classes. So this could change. There is a lot more scrutiny from other teachers to fall inline. So if the school culture or teaching tradition sucks you are stuck having to teach like that. Luckily my school was pretty good though I had to adjust a little.
Duties were a lot different. Lots of outside duties.
If you are paying less than 300k yen/mo, you aren’t hiring an “expert”.
Ngl, although that pay is pretty shit for a direct hire position, it’s still better than dispatch.
They can’t find enough Japanese citizens willing to get certified to become a teacher so they are hiring foreigners to temporarily fill the empty seats. Yearly license renewal held over the foreigner’s heads to keep them from complaining about making less than they should.
Oof that Osaka one. 37.5 hours a week for ¥249,000 would be poor even for eikaiwa but they seem to expect quite a high level of Japanese as well. It is nice to see them offer a pay bump for those with a Master’s degree (¥271,000) but the base salary is too low to begin with. Really surprised to see these sorts of conditions for direct hire positions.
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